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「仮名手本忠臣蔵 初段」
Act I (Shodan), from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, a Primer (Kanadehon Chûshingura)
「仮名手本忠臣蔵 初段」
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
1806 (Bunka 3), 6th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 25.1 × 38 cm (9 7/8 × 14 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.26613
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
TNM, Hokusai (2005), #167; Calza, Hokusai (2003), III.53.1; Bell, Chushingura (2001), pl. 5; Hokusai: Bridging East and West (1998), #25; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 229, horizontal ôban #17.1
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.17539 (Tsuruya), 11.26613 (later, no publisher's mark)
Signed
Unsigned
無款
無款
Marks
Censor's seals: kiwame, Tiger 6
改印：極、寅六
改印：極、寅六
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.